Tuesday, February 5, 2013

This past Friday (2/1/2013) NBC
provided coverage of the 44th NAACP Image Awards from The Shrine
Auditorium in Los Angeles.Jamie Foxx (pictured
above) received the award for Entertainer of the Year.

The program was presented in prime time to a national
audience.It was a star-studded event
with appearances by Halle Berry and Don Cheadle.Gladys Knight performed “The Way We Were” for
the In Memoriam segment.

A local woman, Vice
Admiral Michelle Howard (who attended high school in Aurora, Colorado),
received the Chairman’s Award for her service and accomplishments in the United
States Navy.

Why does this celebration make it to a blog on anti-Republican
culture?It’s because everyone in
attendance was a Democrat!

Well, maybe that’s an overstatement.A more precise statement would be that 95% (+/-
5%) of the guests are affiliated with the Democratic Party.

And that’s remarkable.An event that celebrates the accomplishments of people associated with
the Democratic Party and is attended by people associated with the Democratic
Party and is broadcast to a national audience in prime time is not
characterized as “political in nature.”How did our popular media miss that?

Maybe it’s because a national event where Republicans are
unwelcome is considered “right and natural.”

The Democratic Party is dedicated to the ideals of ending
poverty, ending the scourge of war, and ending personal animosity between
identity groups.It is an inclusive
idealism, with one major exception:

There can be no Republicans.

UPDATE 2/22/2013:Atlanta Black Star reports on gossip associated with Jamie Foxx's remarks in his acceptance speech, where he indicated that people with dark skin tone are "the most talented people in the world." The concern is that if a white actor made similar comments, it would "probably be the end of his or her career."

The issue, of course, is not racism but political affiliation. If Alec Baldwin made remarks associating skin tone with ability, his comments would be legitimized. It's a culture thing...